Here is a little new information about the Blue Jackets' visit to Ryan Salmons' home yesterday courtesy of winger Jason Chimera.

Chimera says that general manager Scott Howson was awesome during the "contract offer" to Ryan. Howson went through the contract page by page the way he would any potential player. The GM told Ryan he hadn't seen him play, but that he heard a lot of good things. Howson said his contract would include two tickets to the first playoff game if the Jackets qualified.

Ryan's father, Brad, sat in amazement as Howson went over the entire deal making his son feel special. "This is the general manager of a major professional sports team," Brad said. "Who would take that kind of time?"

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe